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Colombia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

174.09per 100 people · 2024+46.5% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Colombia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024174.094
2023166.98
2022156.195
2021146.628
2020133.661
2019132.811
2018131.595
2017129.272
2016123.71
2015122.051
2014118.823
2013108.978
2012107.329
2011102.079
201099.331
200995.23
200894.529
200778.503
200669.716
200551.865
200425.036
200315.111
200211.399
20018.223
20005.773
19995.097
19984.744
19973.392
19961.427
19950.763
19940.246
19930
19920
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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